August 7, 1981 –The animated sci-fi film Heavy Metal went into general release in the US and Canada on this date. This movie was inspired by a long-running science fiction magazine of the same title, which began in Europe as Metal Hurlant. Most of the story segments are based on stories or characters featured inContinue reading “Heavy Metal opened”
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The Band Wagon premiered
August 7, 1953 –The best musical of the Golden Age of Hollywood Musicals (unless you consider Singing in the Rain the best), The Band Wagon, opened on this date. Betty Comden and Adolph Green made the characters played by Nanette Fabray and Oscar Levant a married couple because they felt that the audiences would notContinue reading “The Band Wagon premiered”
Bunkies, it’s our annual Anti-malarial campaign –
Avoid mosquitoes at all cost, they’re not good! Though not as front of mind and the FLiRT variant, West Nile Virus cases have been been once again on the rise in New York City, as it has been in the past. Beyond being itch-provoking summer pests, mosquitoes kill more that an an estimated million peopleContinue reading “Bunkies, it’s our annual Anti-malarial campaign –”
Celebrate as you see fit
Let us celebrate National Sea Serpent Day: August 7 is recognized as one of the most famous sea serpent sighting. This sighting was made by the men and officers of HMS Daedalus in August 1848 during a voyage to Saint Helena in the South Atlantic. The 60 foot long creature that they saw held aContinue reading “Celebrate as you see fit”
We got to go to The Tuesday Night Music Club for the first time
August 6, 1993 –Sheryl Crow releases her first album, Tuesday Night Music Club on this date. It takes about a year to catch on, but eventually sells over 7 million copies. Tuesday Night Music Club was Crow’s first album, released when she was 31. It took nearly a year for the album to catch onContinue reading “We got to go to The Tuesday Night Music Club for the first time”
Daffy and Porky premiered
August 6, 1938 – … I’m so crazy, I don’t know if this is impossible. Woo-hoo! An early pairing of this comedy duo, Porky and Daffy, was released on this date.
A distant ship’s smoke on the horizon
August 6, 1982 –Alan Parker’s rock-musical interpretation of the classical album, Pink Floyd The Wall, opened in NYC on this date. Many of the extras in the Run Like Hell and Waiting for the Worms sequences were actual neo-Nazis cast for realism. Gerald Scarfe became frightened that things were getting out of control when, onContinue reading “A distant ship’s smoke on the horizon”
The start of a worldwide craze
August 6, 1960 –Chubby Checker performs his version of The Twist on American Bandstand starting a worldwide dance craze. The song soon reached No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart—and then, again, for a second time in 1962, making it the only song to hit No. 1 twice. Hank Ballard & The Midnighters tried toContinue reading “The start of a worldwide craze”
Lucille Désirée Ball
August 6, 1911 –Luck? I don’t know anything about luck. I’ve never banked on it and I’m afraid of people who do. Luck to me is something else: Hard work – and realizing what is opportunity and what isn’t. Lucille Ball, film and television executive, actress and comedian, was born on this date. A commentContinue reading “Lucille Désirée Ball”
Don’t want to upset you but …
A quick check of the calendar : It’s the half way point of summer today and there are 141 days until Christmas
The Haus of Dcaligari 